Pocketbook



Aug. 18, 1925.v

A.scHNuERER PocKETBoox Filed May 13, 1924 A TTORNEYS Patented Aug. 18, 1925.

UNITED STATES i ALFRED SGHNUERER, or' NEW YORK, N. Y., AssrerNoR To SCHNUEREB & MURRAY, or

NEW YORK, N. Y., A COPARTNERSHIP COMPOSED OF ALFRED SCHNUERER AND JAMES C. MURRAY.

Application filed May 13, 1924. Serial No. 712,954.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALFRED SoI-INUERER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Pocketbook, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to pocket books and has particular reference to pocket books, hand bags, purses and the like, and has more particular reference to bags and pocket books such as are carried by women, an object of the invention being' to provide an improved construction and arrangement of fastening device which will prevent accidental opening of the boeket book or bag, which will be neat and attractive in appearance, and which will be strong and durable in use. j

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my invention applied to a bag;

Figure 2 is an enlarged view in section on the line 2 2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the frame of the bag shown in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary View in section illustrating the fastening device and the frame bars with which it functions;

Figure 5 is a view, illustrating my improved fastening device as applied to a purse or pocket book;

Figure 6 is an enlarged view in section on the line 6 6 of Figure 5.

Referring more particularly to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4., l and 2 represent frame members onl which the bag 3 is secured, and is provided with an ordinary strap or handle 4; connected to eyes 5 on the frame members 1 and 2, all of which constitute the ordi# nary construction in general use. To provide such a pocket book or bag with my improved fastening device, I form extension plates 6 and 7 on the frame members 1 and 2, respectively. These plates 6 and 7 are located at the central portions of the frame members and project inwardly. The plate 6 is provided with an opening 8 to receive and provide swivel mounting for a turn button 9, and the plate 7 is made with a slot 10 through which the head 11 of the turn button can be projected.

An outer ornamental plate 12 is secured against the material 3 of the bag and to the plate 7 by rivets 13 which project through the plate 12, through the material of the bag, through openings' 14 in the plate 7, and through a backing plate 14.

The head 11 of the turn button 9 is preferably of oval form and simulates in appearance the finger holding end of a key so that the device appears to be a key located within a lock.

In the modification illustrated in Figures 5 andV 6, I mount my improved turn buttons 9 in a plate 15 which is secured to the body 17 of the pocket book by means of rivets 18 projected through the plate 15, through the material of the pocket book, and through an inner backing plate 19. A pair of slotted plates 20 are secured to opposite sides of the covering flat portion 21 of the pocket book 17, and through these slotted plates the head 11 of the turn button is adapted to be projected.

It is, of course, to be understood that when the bag or pocket book is to be opened, the head 11 will be turned so as to register with the slot and will remain in this position until the pocket book is again closed, when the head can be turned at right angles to the slot and securely hold the device in closed position.

IVith a fastening device of this kind there will be little likelihood of the bag or pocket book opening accidentally. Furthermore, the securing or closing is a positive action, and the appearance of the device is neat and attractive, strong and durable, and not liable to get out of repair.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

In a closure means for bags, comprising a two-part hinged frame, inwardly projecting integral lat plates constituting eXtensions of the intermediate portions of said frame members, a turn button svviveled to one of said plates7 and an outer plate adapted to be located against the material of the bag, said outer plate and one of said frame plates having alined slots therein through which the head of the wturn .button is adapted to move when in one position and across which the turn button is adapted to be positioned to secure the device in closed position.

ALFRED SCHNUERER. 

